363 Galilee earthquake

Galilee earthquake of 363
Local date	May 18 and 19, 363
Epicenter	32°59′56″N 35°21′58″E / 32.999°N 35.366°E[citation needed]
Areas affected	Syria-Palaestina province of Byzantine Empire
Max. intensity	VII EMS-92

The Galilee earthquake of 363 was a pair of severe earthquakes that shook the Galilee and nearby regions on May 18 and 19.^[3] The maximum perceived intensity for the events was estimated to be X^[4] (Very destructive) on the European macroseismic scale. The earthquakes occurred on the portion of the Dead Sea Transform (DST) fault system between the Dead Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.

Impact

Sepphoris, north-northwest of Nazareth, was severely damaged. Nabratein and the Nabratein synagogue (northeast of Safed) were destroyed.^[5] The earthquake may have been responsible for the failure of the plan to rebuild the Temple in Jerusalem with the permission of the Emperor Julian.^[6]

Petra, in what is now Jordan, was fatally damaged.

References

Sources

Niemi, Tina M. (2009), Paleoseismology and archaeoseismology of sites in Aqaba and Petra, Jordan: Field guidebook (PDF), Geological Survey of Israel, pp. 119–124, archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-09-29
Russell, Kenneth W. (1980), "The Earthquake of May 19, A. D. 363", Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research, 238 (238), American Schools of Oriental Research: 47–64, doi:10.2307/1356515, JSTOR 1356515, S2CID 163936058

External links

Petra: The Great Earthquake from the American Museum of Natural History

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Local date	May 18 and 19, 363^[1]
Epicenter	32°59′56″N 35°21′58″E / 32.999°N 35.366°E / 32.999; 35.366^{[citation needed]}
Areas affected	Syria-Palaestina province of Byzantine Empire
Max. intensity	VII EMS-92^[2]